Before becoming one of Victory Recordsβ best-selling bands, releasing albums on major labels and playing Ozzfest, HATEBREED was a local hardcore band from Connecticut who created some of the most heavy, powerful, and angry music of their era. This 7β EP was the bandβs first formal releaseβit was faster and more raw than the HATEBREED millions came to know later on, but was showing glimpses of the powerhouse Jamey Jasta and company would soon become.